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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
25 days
Check out our ongoing list of colleges committed to #InstitutionalNeutrality , ensuring academic freedom for all!
@sfmcguire79
Steve McGuire
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The list of colleges that have adopted institutional neutrality in whole or in part is growing quickly. @goACTA keeps a list of who has done it (and when and how) with links to relevant documents. Link below!
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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"CRT is an attack on liberal education. It’s completely antithetical... because they are attacking enlightenment values, and without enlightenment values, we have chaos." @Smith_Surge #higherednow
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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By endorsing free expression and institutional neutrality, the OSU Board has claimed a position of national leadership in higher ed. Fortunate are faculty and students to have leadership that values intellectual diversity and the free exchange of ideas!
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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"Now it falls to Penn's president, in the wake of the disgrace of the Stanford Law School she once led, to oppose Penn Law School's mistreatment of Amy Wax and protect the freedom of expression that too many other institutions have miserably failed to guard." Professor Amy Wax's
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FIRE
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Amy Wax’s long-awaited misconduct hearing begins today at @Penn . FIRE will be there observing the 3-day proceedings to ensure the tenured law professor’s academic freedom and due process rights are upheld.
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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GREAT news from #Michigan today! 'Cancel culture is dead': University of Michigan ( @umich ) board approves new free speech statement: by @kimberkoz at the @detroitnews Congrats to Sarah Hubbard ( @Regenthubbard ) and others on this bold Board of Regents!
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Yesterday, @StanfordLaw students attempted to shout down a federal judge’s speech. They violated Stanford’s Policy on Campus Disruptions, which holds that it is a violation for students to prevent or disrupt the carrying out of a university function/approved activity 1/3
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Ed Whelan
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Here's video of Stanford DEI dean Steinbach's remarks slamming Judge Duncan and setting forth university policy on free speech while calling its soundness into question and stating that it might need to be reconsidered. /8
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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The Coddling of the Cornellian Mind: @cornellreview critiques trigger warnings and the "culture of safetyism" in two must-read pieces. Here: And here: #highereducation #freespeech #campusfreespeech
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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ACTA president @PoliakoffACTA sits down with Jodi Shaw to discuss the reasons behind her resignation from Smith College and how the actions by many institutions are more regressive than progressive. @Smith_Surge
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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What an interview. Dr. Bhattacharya ( @DrJBhattacharya ) in this clip talks about the positive role @Stanford could and should have played during the COVID crisis, by providing an open forum for debating the wisdom and efficacy of lockdowns. Instead, regrettably and outrageously,
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Stanford's Dr. Jay Bhattacharya ( @DrJBhattacharya ) had many fascinating things to say on the topic of "free expression and unsettled science" during a recent podcast discussion with ACTA's Steve McGuire ( @sfmcguire79 ). This weekend would probably be the perfect time to sit
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Magnificent piece by @nfergus and @uaustinorg Provost Jake Howland. "In our view, liberal education requires that students, like rowers, face backward in order to move forward. If they are to become active and reflective individuals, they must learn to regard the past not
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Niall Ferguson
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“What the Freshman Class Needs to Read,” by me and Jake Howland of ⁦ @uaustinorg ⁩ ⁦for ⁦ @TheAtlantic
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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"The decision to bring Coulter back began to materialize after (Nadine) Strossen discussed the idea with Provost Michael Kotlikoff in January at the Board of Trustees meeting in New York," reports the Daily Sun. "In the meeting, Kotlikoff responded immediately by saying, 'Oh,
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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The @cornellsun reports that '84 Graduate @AnnCoulter -- who was shouted down at the school in 2022 -- might soon be returning to speak . . . and at the school's invitation!! #campusfreespeech #freespeech #higheredreform @CUFreeSpeech @Cornell
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Excellent piece by @SamuelAbramsAEI & @PamelaParesky on how teaching students to divide themselves into allies/enemies undermines friendship and adds feelings of isolation. Universities should teach students we can be friends despite differences. Students and our country need it
@fairforall_org
Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR)
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"Students can become balkanized around identities and perceptions of power — an 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that turns potential friends into 'allies' or enemies..." NEW @PamelaParesky @SamuelAbramsAEI @AEI
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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CRT is unpopular -- even in deep-blue Illinois. ACTA's Zachary Rogers explains "the American people think that free speech, equal opportunity under the law, and the principles of the founding should still govern the day-to-day lives of citizens."
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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1/2 ACTA sent a letter to Stanford's Board of Trustees. "This is a critical moment for Stanford. The nation is watching. What you do as a member of the governing board of one of America’s most distinguished universities will make a significant difference."
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Amid national pressure, @Stanford walks back "Orwellian" Protected Identity Harm reporting system: via @CollegeFix ACTA's @sfmcguire79 played an indispensable part in applying that pressure, thanks to whistleblowing work like this:
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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"This is a disgrace that further erodes confidence in higher education." NEW: An ACTA Message to College Trustees: Do Not Allow Your Campuses to Become Havens for Antisemitic Violence and Harassment: “It is good that administrators at Columbia University
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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"As a professor, I would not have accepted this kind of work from a first semester freshman," McGuire ( @sfmcguire79 ) told the Free Beacon ( @FreeBeacon ). "It’s appalling to see it in the work of Harvard’s president." 'This is Definitely Plagiarism': @Harvard President Copied
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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"It is hypocrisy for the same leaders who have been so reactive to more widely favored social causes to have nothing to say when the oldest and most vicious lies about the Jewish people are promulgated on their campuses." Read the whole statement below. @PoliakoffACTA
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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President Michael B. Poliakoff’s Statement on Higher Education’s Responsibilities Regarding the Crisis in Israel: @PoliakoffACTA #IsrealUnderAttack #highereducation
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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The Associate Dean for DEI failed to defend the free exchange of ideas and cowered to protestors by asking if, "the juice is worth the squeeze." We believe the juice of bringing diverse viewpoints to campus is very much worth the squeeze of holding protestors accountable. 2/3
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Congratulations to @Baylor ! By earning one of only 23 'A' grades in #WhatWillTheyLearn , @Baylor proves that they provide a top tier core curriculum to their students!
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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An enormous amount of wisdom and common sense in these remarks. @HamlineU must rethink its treatment of both professor and student(s).
@TheFIREorg
FIRE
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Professor Erika López Prater, an adjunct professor who was nonrenewed by @HamlineU for exercising her right to academic freedom, explains the importance of challenging students as a pedagogical tool in the classroom.
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Shameful behavior at @Cornell especially after Martha E. Pollack wisely urged incoming students not to engage in shout downs, but to listen, engage, and try to understand those with whom they disagree. Will she follow her principled words with actions now?
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Incidents like this are exactly why ACTA is calling on Stanford to establish a clear commitment to safeguarding free expression. Learn how you can help improve the campus climate at Stanford at 3/3
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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If @Cornell President doesn't follow her principled & positive pro free speech words with action after this egregious behavior toward @AnnCoulter & the students who were there to listen, then those words are empty rhetoric.
@CUFreeSpeech
Cornell Free Speech Alliance
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Protesters at @Cornell don’t let @AnnCoulter speak - #FreeSpeech ?
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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ACTA EXCLUSIVE: @anncoulter shares her reaction to being deplatformed @Cornell .
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Exciting news from @UNC : the new School of Civic Life and Leadership opens in just a few short weeks, and is set to champion free expression and teach civil debate. As Dean Jed Atkins states, the aim is for students to "disagree better" through courses on the Federalist Papers,
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Supreme Court decision protects right to free speech on campus and ensures universities can be held accountable.
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Dr. Carole Hooven ( @hoovlet ) lived up to billing at an Oct. 27 Washington, DC, luncheon honoring her as ACTA's 2023 Hero of Intellectual Freedom; an award one doesn't earn without having endured and triumphed over professional trials by fire. In an acceptance speech titled "Is
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Scholar, author, economist, and podcaster Dr. Glenn Loury ( @GlennLoury ) was kind enough to participate in our latest "Higher Ed Now" podcast, where he spoke brilliantly about the continuing relevance and value of a liberal arts education. This is an interview you shouldn't miss:
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Today ACTA has launched the next campaign in our Campus Freedom Initiative™ at @Stanford ! We are urging administrators, faculty, and students to take steps to restore a vibrant culture of freedom of expression! 1/3
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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"The removal of the classics is a sign that we, as a culture, have embraced from the youngest age utilitarian schooling at the expense of soul-forming education." @CornelWest and @JeremyTate41
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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@Rhetors_of_York does indeed resemble Demosthenes. Like the powerful Athenian orator, Erec is a fearless defender of liberty and freedom of expression. Which is why we were thrilled to honor him with our @goACTA Hero of Intellectual Freedom Award.
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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NIU is spending over $200k/year on a diversity officer. Wouldn’t funds be better used helping students? http://t.co/4SzQ4V2BXk
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Thank you to Stanford Law Dean Jenny Martinez for simply regurgitating the terms of the policy. However, this email lacks to address a major concern. Will these students be held accountable for violating the policy or not?
@sfmcguire79
Steve McGuire
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Email from Stanford Law Dean Jenny Martinez addressing the shout down of Judge Duncan:
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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A night to remember. Our 2022 Philip Merrill Award Winner @JohnHMcWhorter brought us to our feet with an inspiring address that will carry us all forward. As is his custom, his remarks were fearless, incisive, grounded in reality, and funny. Everyone in that room left uplifted.
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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This. This is courage, leadership, and grace.
@TheJeffersonC
The Jefferson Council
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We hope the Board of Visitors remember what Paul C. Harris said yesterday, "I would like to see this University devote its resources to building bridges across the issues that divide us rather than searching through stacks in the library to find human imperfections of past
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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The #donorrevolution is gaining momentum. And it's about time. ACTA stands ready to help displeased donors to #highered find better schools to support. Below are two trusted resources they can turn to: ✅ ✅ @BrownUniversity
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Robert Chiaradio
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@sfmcguire79 @Penn I’m hardly in Mr. Jacobson’s league, but Brown will never get another penny from me.
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Shout downs and disruptions that force scheduled events to end early are an inappropriate way to express opposition. Leadership at @UF should condemn yesterday's protests.
@JeremyTate41
Jeremy Wayne Tate
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Students at Florida are protesting Ben Sasse because he doesn’t bow down to the new progressive orthodoxy. This is why I hire people from Hillsdale and Patrick Henry.
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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So many excellent points were made that night. Thanks, again, to @HMDatMI for showing how rigorous, substantive, but civil debate can be done, even regarding the touchiest topics. @MIT #DEI @CityJournal @mitfreespeech @smithsoc
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Heather Mac Donald
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"The university should embrace a single colorblind definition of excellence." @CityJournal adapted my opening remarks from the recent MIT debate on academic DEI programs, which you can watch.
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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This partnership is changing lives, one campus, one debate, at a time. The @braverangels @BridgeUSA_ College Discourse & Debate program is growing rapidly. Students desire viewpoint diversity and the chance to develop critical thinking skills.
@braverangels
Braver Angels
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Hours after the Nashville shooting, students led Braver Angels Debates on the Second Amendment and assault weapons. However, these students were not trying to “own” their opponents, but communally pursue the truth with them. @JohnRWoodJr on @FoxNews with @tracegallagher
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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As the University of North Carolina and other colleges integrate free speech and civil discourse training into orientations, it's clear that students are eager to engage. From structured debates to small-group discussions, these programs equip students with the skills needed for
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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"... our schools are no longer fulfilling their mission when it comes to forming the next generation of informed and patriotic citizens. Without those citizens, we will be unable to continue pursuing the vision of our Declaration." @JackMillerJMC
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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As #collegedecisionday gets closer, make sure you take a look at the core curriculum offered by @CNUcaptains . They are 1 of only 23 schools nationwide to receive an ‘A’ grade in #WhatWillTheyLearn .
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Our friends with @UVA 's @TheJeffersonC continue to push for full disclosure of the school's undoubtedly big and burgeoning #DEI bureaucracy. And the school continues to drag its feet on accountability and transparency: #highered #higheredreform
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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@SamuelAbramsAEI @HdxAcademy @TheFIREorg This young woman's experience tracks w/ every other survey & analysis of the free speech climate on American campuses. The trend to self-silence, the fear, & the primacy of the culture of "shut up" is pervasive insidious. The antidote? Courage. Emma Camp has it. Be like Emma.
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Funny coincidence that Harvard drops its nationally normed admissions criteria at exactly the moment when Asian-American students are exposing its anti-Asian discrimination. Or maybe not so funny. And also maybe not a coincidence.
@JanetLorin
Janet Lorin
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Share your thoughts about how this changes the college admissions ballgame Harvard Drops SAT, ACT Tests for Future Applicants as Young as Current 8th Graders
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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"More university donors should ‘Go Galt’ in the face of increased campus extremism; The moral corruption of academia goes deeper than the Hamas/Israel War" #donorrevolt #donorrevolution #Collegegiving #highered
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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President of @stjohnscollege Panayiotis Kanelos at our 2019 ATHENA Roundtable: "In a world in which the average person changes professions at least five times, a liberal arts education is the best preparation for a fluid, dynamic, interconnected age."
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Great news: @KState has adopted a statement in defense of #FreeSpeech .
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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BREAKING! ACTA releases new civics survey results, Losing America's Memory 2.0. 3K college undergraduate were surveyed, 35 questions covering basic American history and civics. The results should worry every American. "Numbers like these do not arise from lazy pupils but from
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Partnering w/ @TFASorg we launched our 1st ON-SITE @braverangels collegiate debate in 16 months. 50+ brilliant students in dialogue around issues of border control and immigration. Five more debates to come in July! Thx @GeorgeMasonU for the space! @BridgeUSA_
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Congrats @kfitz ! We hope this grant helps you promote "generous thinking." Check out our Q&A together from last year:
@MSUCAL
MSU College of Arts & Letters
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The @humcommons , led by @MSUEnglish Professor and #MSU Digital Humanities @kfitz , has received a $500,000 NEH grant to further develop online tools for scholars to engage in discussions across humanities disciplines. Read more:
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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In a @HdxAcademy survey "students were primarily concerned about their opinions being criticized as offensive by their peers - more so than their professors." - @gretanderson in @insidehighered
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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The @ISI gala gathered leading educators with a hand in shaping our academic past, present, & future. ACTA was delighted to see intellectual powerhouses like Harvey Mansfield, @GlennLoury , & Susan Hanssen alongside students at some of the most rigorous schools across the country!
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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ACTA announces new National Commission on American History and Civic Education. With fewer than one in five colleges requiring a course in U.S. government and history, many students are leaving higher education without a clear grasp of their own system of government. ACTA has
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Sandra Rodriguez of @unevadareno speaking on campus protesting and disruption. "There CAN be a confrontation... let it be a confrontation of your minds." #speechmatters2020 #speechmatters @WiscChief
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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"I don't know if you realize this or not but I am black. Can the people in the back see that I'm black?" But being black hasn't shielded York University Rhetoric Professor and @CatoInstitute Visiting Scholar Erec Smith ( @Rhetors_of_York ) from accusations of being a "white
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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1/3 ACTA applauds the @utsystem Board of Regents for making a bold commitment to freedom of expression on ALL Texas campuses. @sfmcguire79 @PoliakoffACTA
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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The shameful cancel culture playbook is once again being deployed, as it has over and over on university campuses. This time against ACTA friend and ally @SamuelAbramsAEI for the "sin" of being a proud supporter of Israel. Cancel culture is real, it's organized, and it represents
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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@Michaelstm23 @hoovlet @jflier We were honored to have Carole on as a guest, we are preparing to post the full podcast on ACTA's website as well, and circulate some excellent audio clips. @hoovlet we can provide a transcript as well, will work with @sfmcguire79 to get it to you.
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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@AFA_Alliance College faculty must not be forced into intellectual strait jackets. That's been the since 1967 when NY law to force teachers 2 sign loyalty pledges affirming that they had never advocated overthrowing gov't was struck. Profs aren't mouthpieces 4 trendy campus orthodoxies.
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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"We own myths. They don't own us. The way we interpret and tell them now is a reflection of our values." @goACTA president @PoliakoffACTA , Ph.D. in classics from Oxford University, gave a tour to ACTA interns and new hires this week at the @ngadc .
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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"I do not teach classics for black people, and I do not teach classics for any one people group. I believe in making classics human-centric . . ." That's Dr. Anika T. Prather ( @AnikaFreeindeed ), a powerhouse advocate for classical education with the Johns Hopkins Institute for
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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"A nation doesn’t function when conformity of thought reigns." Via @Prof_McCall in @thehill .
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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ACTA took great pride Friday in presenting the 2023 Hero of Intellectual Freedom Award to evolutionary biologist Carole Hooven ( @hoovlet ), who courageously endured an attempted cancellation at @Harvard for daring to say, factually, that sex is binary. Thank you, Carole, for
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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It was kind of @washingtonpost columnist @HenryolsenEPPC to mention @goACTA and @braverangels is this very hopeful look at what's going RIGHT in higher-ed today: @BridgeUSA_ @VOCalcomm #civildiscourse #highereducation
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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"There is nobody in the entire 20th century that had more prophetic insight into education than C.S. Lewis. He understood that as soon as you remove tradition, all you're left with is experimentation." @JeremyTate41 with @CLT_Exam #HigherEdNow #podcast
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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ACTA's Rebecca Richards in today's Examiner, asking whether loneliness and alienation are what is driving student protestors. "Joining a greater cause is a way to establish social connection, but passion can also overwhelm good judgment. Loneliness does not give license to break
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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More #colleges should follow the example set by @FandMCollege and protest speakers in a #civil #ProSpeech manner.
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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NEW on @RealClearEd : Why Was It So Hard for Elite Universities to Condemn #HamasTerrorism ?: By Marc Zvi Brettler and Michael Poliakoff (AKA @PoliakoffACTA ). #donorrevolution #donorrevolt #Antisemitism #highereducation
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Only when brave faculty step out into the light, demand the right to speak freely and teach without fear of cancelation and ruin will students follow suit. The Stanford Academic Freedom conference was a seismic event. The tide is turning. Stand with them!
@BuckleyInst
Buckley Institute
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“This significant number of students being intimidated is unacceptable in a place of learning and free inquiry.”
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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BREAKING: ACTA survey shows that 69% of surveyed Texas voters support @JCHartzell 's decision to bring in state troopers to clear encampments that violated @UTAustin rules on large gatherings, holding disruptive protestors accountable for their actions. Link to survey below.
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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Our new intern blog written by @AshbrookCenter Scholar and @Ashland_Univ student, Joseph Schoffstall, discusses how democratic citizens benefit from a liberal education.
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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A clip from our podcast with @Smith_Surge ! #higherednow
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
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All the cool kids are adopting institutional neutrality these days! Will you be next @LSU ??? 👀👀👀
@sfmcguire79
Steve McGuire
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NEW: The faculty senate at @LSU passed a resolution endorsing institutional neutrality and calling on the university to adopt it as part of its official academic freedom policy.
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
9 months
BREAKING NOW in the @nypost : Watchdog demands probe into Harvard that could put hundreds of millions of fed funding in jeopardy: by @isareport . ACTA's complaint can be read in its entirety here: @harvard #harvard #ClaudineGay
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
1 month
NEW! ACTA's Campus Freedom Fellow Steve McGuire ( @sfmcguire79 ) on @FoxNewsDigital reacting to calls from an affiliate of Students for Justice in Palestine's calls for "armed rebellion" and resistance by "any means necessary" this fall, on the @UNC campus. "They (SJP) have been
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@goACTA
American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
4 months
ATTENTION! #highered faculty, join the movement to restore intellectual diversity, civil discourse, free speech on your campus. John Tomasi is a passionate ally, champion for academic freedom. The tide is turning, faculty membership @HdxAcademy has grown to 7K! Groups like
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
3 months
The negative fallout over @Harvard Dean Lawrence Bobo's terrible @thecrimson op ed continues, already having a chilling effect at one of America's most prestigious institutions. @SamuelAbramsAEI @sfmcguire79 document that insidious impact again today. "One social science
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
5 years
At @ASU , an electrifying student-led debate about building the U.S. southern border wall filled every chair in the room and showed what civil dialogue in America can be. @BridgeASU @BridgeUSA_ @BetterAngelsUSA #highered
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
6 months
Provost Kotlikoff's letter to the @cornellsun , explaining his courageous decision to invite @AnnCoulter back to campus, deserves to be excerpted at length: “'Having been deeply troubled by an invited speaker at Cornell (any speaker) being shouted down and unable to present
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
3 months
All the trend lines in American history and civic education are going in the wrong direction. Fewer than 20% of four-year colleges require a course in American history for graduation. That failure is having devastating consequences for students, for all Americans. Students are
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@RealClearCivics
RealClear American Civics
3 months
"Today's Students Are Dangerously Ignorant of Our Nation's History. And Our Failing Education System Is to Blame." via @RealClearEd @goACTA
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
5 years
Discussing today's PC culture, @epkaufm writes “Today’s censorious victim culture is a product of the long identitarian march through the institutions.” via @spikedonline
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
3 years
“The choice between classic texts or diverse texts in general education is a false one.” - @rooseveltmontas in @chronicle
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
5 years
Today, we honor the progress Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made in pursuit of the American promise that “All men are created equal.” But before he was ever Dr. King, he was writing keenly @Morehouse on the importance of liberal education. 1/6
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
1 year
FAKE NEWS! (tackling a very real problem). Check out ACTA's new blog post on how free-wheeling humor and scorching satire may be the best antidote to today's tiresome addiction to microaggressions and rampant "safetyism" and how comedians will save us all!
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
1 month
Honored to be working shoulder to shoulder with @TheFIREorg , @HdxAcademy , and @fairforall_org in helping restore civil discourse and free speech on campus. Recent shifts at top universities suggest that polarizing and divisive social justice ideology might be a bit back on its
@Quillette
Quillette
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A team of researchers is analysing what factors lead American university administrators to embrace illiberal ideological trends.
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@goACTA
American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
4 years
Congratulations to @SBUniv ! By earning one of only 23 'A' grades in #WhatWillTheyLearn , @SBUniv proves that they provide a top tier core curriculum to their students!
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
3 months
Eye-opening expose by @BuckleyInst @LaurenRNoble ! And Yale isn't the only school, elite or otherwise, to have built a suffocating, exorbitantly expensive bureaucracy that does nothing to add value to learning and teaching. Read it all! @afsaalumni "A few years ago, Yale held
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
3 years
"The Western canon by itself cannot unite and give life to diverse and divided groups of people. But great books have always inspired and formed the great souls who can." @JeremyTate41
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
9 years
#ACTA 's @kbrounstein can’t live w/o #Shakespeare 's #Hamlet b/c it "inspired me to be an English major!" #NatBookFest15 http://t.co/e2yoNaghYl
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
7 months
NEW on ACTA's "Higher Ed Now" podcast: @UChicago 's Tony Banout and Tom Ginsburg Talk with Dr. Steve McGuire ( @sfmcguire79 ) About Why Institutional Neutrality Matters: #campusfreedominitiative #campusfreedom #highereducation #instituinalneutrality
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
3 years
@GlennLoury Quite a roster of #academicsuperheroes here. Bravo, we stand with you.
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)
2 years
"The tragedy is that the average taxpayer, who might not have gone to college at all, and who pays her bills and loans in a timely manner, will be the one forced to pay the bill." Spot on. from @aier
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